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Ashurst Rusal contact partner joins Stephenson Harwood corporate team

Stephenson Harwood has strengthened its City corporate practice with the hire of Ashurst corporate and commercial partner Andrew Edge. Edge has been with Ashurst for 17 years and has been a partner since 2002. He recently took an English law role o...

03 Mar 2010 | 12:37

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The judges were taken aback by the scale and complexity of Field Fisher Waterhouse's work advising on the decommissioning of Sellafield. It is a process that will take 125 years to complete and cost at least £75bn. Field Fisher was instructed by t...

08 Dec 2009 | 07:18

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Lawyers advising agents or principals on the application of the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 will be aware of the need to keep up to date with case law in this area. Although the regulations have been in force since the mid-1...

04 Dec 2009 | 17:05

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Dealmaker: Simon Shooter

Bird & Bird commercial partner Simon Shooter on Latin proverbs, fly fishing and the 2:30 at Kempton...

19 Nov 2009 | 00:43

GE appoints CC and Ashurst to Europe adviser roster

General Electric (GE) has finalised its European non-M&A legal panel, with a clutch of UK firms winning roles, including Clifford Chance and Ashurst. DLA Piper, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie are also among the firms appointed to GE's 8...

02 Jul 2009 | 15:48

Stephenson Harwood names new managing partner for China

Stephenson Harwood & Lo has appointed a new managing partner for Greater China, with current post-holder John Gale set to retire. The firm has named Asia business and technology head Voon Keat Lai as its new Greater China head, with Lai to take the...

02 Jul 2009 | 09:36

BT legal chief steps down after 18 years at company

BT Global Services general counsel and commercial director Tim Cowen is stepping down after 18 years at the company. Cowen, a former regulatory lawyer at Lovells, joined BT Ignite as head of legal in 1991. Ten years later he became general counsel ...

18 Jun 2009 | 09:39

Career Clinic: Will I become a target if I admit I'm struggling?

"I was recently made redundant from a reputable law firm just short of my first anniversary of qualification. As you can imagine, I did gain some skills and experience, but not enough, and certainly not as much I would have liked to. "Since then, I...

18 Jun 2009 | 00:00

Appleby secures Isle of Man launch with local merger deal

Appleby has become the first global offshore firm to launch an office on the Isle of Man with a merger with local firm Dickinson Cruickshank. The tie-up, set to go live on 1 October, will gift Appleby an additional 38 lawyers, including 11 partners...

15 Jun 2009 | 10:17

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Editor's Comment: The one-handed lawyer

Most legal jokes aren't much help in understanding commercial lawyers, since the stereotypical ambulance-chaser dominates humour about the profession. So if lawyers want to understand their image in the wider business community they could do well to l...

11 Jun 2009 | 10:54

Eversheds secures Tyco-style mandate from Smiths Group

Eversheds has been appointed as the preferred legal adviser for technology company Smiths Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The law firm will provide commercial, litigation, employment, real estate and company secretarial advice across t...

11 Jun 2009 | 05:00

Freshfields Olympic team gets on track as work gathers pace for 2012 Games

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has stepped up its involvement in the London 2012 Olympics, with dispute resolution partner Raj Parker playing a hands-on role in drafting anti-doping regulations for the Games. Parker is one of a number of Freshfield...

11 Jun 2009 | 04:50

OC partner promotions see trio made up in Germany

Osborne Clarke has announced its 2009 promotions round, with all of the new partner in the firm's Cologne office. Cologne-based Oliver Esch, Thomas Schnabel and Thomas Funke have been made up in the commercial, construction and competition practice...

03 Jun 2009 | 14:23

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